Spinning Gold

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Jo & Co May 1, 2023 Jo and I weren't expecting great things from this movie after reading the reviews. However, we have both often disagreed with most of them and there was nothing else on at our local cinema so we sat down and watched "Spinning Gold" with not much expectations. It was billed as the "life and career of record producer and Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, who was credited with discovering many iconic musical acts such as Donna Summer, KISS, Village People and signing and pushing acts including Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Isley Brothers, and Parliament to greater heights" - Wikipedia. That seemed to us more positive so we sat down with THREE other patrons in the 250 plus auditorium that did not swell in numbers during the 137 minutes running time. We had to agree that the first hour of the movie was hard going. Flat is the nicest adjective I can give it. However it did improve in a BIG way in the second plus hour. Whilst I can understand some reviewers felt Jeremy Jordan in the central player, Neil Bogart ,was overacting but I understand that is exactly as he was in real life. He boasted he changed his name continually and never seemed worried he was 6 million dollars in deb! However, he persevered and as most of us would have given up he never-the-less carried on with energy that even made his wife and friends, relations, etc to believe in him. It came as a shock to me that he died very young from cancer and during the end credits they showed a real interview he gave just before he shockingly died. The last hour and a half flew by and there was enough music in it to really entertain us - how could you not move your body to Donna Summer!. So, do stick with it - it is well worth it. See more Jose Apr 10, 2023 I really enjoyed it. See more Scott H Apr 8, 2023 Interesting story and well acted but a little too long for my liking. See more sharon Apr 7, 2023 What started as a sleeper turned into a very surprising enjoyable nostalgic cinematic treat. See more Genise W Apr 6, 2023 Way too long, great music but had very little "real" plot for a true story See more Barbara J Apr 5, 2023 Boring, hard to understand when the narrator spoke. See more Read all reviews

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